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Rare early American antiquarian religious history! Minutes of the Methodist Conferences, Annually Held in America; From 1773 to 1813, Inclusive. Volume the First. Published in New-York by Daniel Hitt and Thomas Ware for the Methodist Connexion in the United States, printed by John C. Totten (1813). ​Binding: Professionally rebound library-style binding in sturdy brown buckram/leatherette with gilded spine lettering ("METHODIST CONFERENCES VOL. 1"). Includes fresh endpapers to reinforce and preserve the original text block. ​Text Block: Complete 1813 original printing. Features heavy rag paper with authentic early 19th-century foxing, toning, edge wear, and tearing along the title page inner gutter. Spine is tight and firm. ​Significance: A foundational primary source documenting 40 years of early American Methodism and circuit rider history.